About Tarrafal

Tarrafal is a town in Tarrafal, Cabo Verde. From Tarrafal you can reach 1 surf spot and 7 dive sites. The nearest is Tuna Point, a dive site 0.8 km from the centre. Overture lists 14 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is RAI, 47 km away.

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Staying in Tarrafal

14 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
Nearest airports: RAI, 47 km, MMO, 59 km, BVC, 133 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Tarrafal.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for intermediate surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.

Spot

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Cadjau1 kmabout 5 min by car

3 ft39 kJ

2 ft101 kJ

3 ft125 kJ

2 ft93 kJ

2 ft58 kJ

3 ft49 kJ

4 ft142 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Cadjau, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	15, too small	3 ft6 shollow	39kJ	wind from the north-east, 8 knots, offshore	27°C
Tue 20Oct	14, too small	2 ft12 shollow	101kJ	wind from the north-east, 7 knots, offshore	27°C
Wed 21Oct	22, too small	3 ft10 shollow	125kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 12 knots, offshore	27°C
Thu 22Oct	19, too small	2 ft9 shollow	93kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 15 knots, offshore	28°C
Fri 23Oct	16, too small	2 ft9 shollow	58kJ	wind from the north-east, 12 knots, offshore	28°C
Sat 24Oct	22, too small	3 ft5 shollow	49kJ	wind from the north-east, 13 knots, offshore	28°C
Sun 25Oct	39, fair	4 ft6 shollow	142kJ	wind from the north-east, 14 knots, offshore	27°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Tarrafal, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Dive near Tarrafal

Tuna Point 0.8 km · stays here
Franciscus 0.9 km · stays here
Chinese Wall 1.1 km · stays here
King Fisher Wall 1.1 km · stays here
Colonato 1.8 km · stays here
Agu Doli 2.1 km · stays here
Lighthouse 2.5 km · stays here